New To Water Cooling (My Diagram)

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Ok iv never done water cooling but i have reached the point where im going to have to do something besides the standard Air cooling, i just cant seem to get my damn GPU's any cooler under load due to restrictions of space/air flow, so i have turned to Water cooling, someone here on the forum has a great system im going to purchase off of him, but need to get the diagram looked at, now i think i have it set up correctly but if you guys see anything out of order please let me know... Thanks!!!

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haha it doesnt, that is the return pipe back to the RAD going beind the pump... sorry for the confusion
 
I see it now. Well, if those arrows up top are the air flow direction you'd want to reverse that. Pulling air across a radiator is better than pushing it. It's also better to pull hot air out of the case rather than push it in.
 
Waypo said:
I see it now. Well, if those arrows up top are the air flow direction you'd want to reverse that. Pulling air across a radiator is better than pushing it. It's also better to pull hot air out of the case rather than push it in.
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Martins has proved that pulling is better <1400RPMS, about even until 2000RPMS, then push is best.

If you want my (undocumented) experience: taking cool air from outside will keep the water cooler. Making the inside of the case high pressure (even with warm air) keeps components cooler than any low pressure.
 
Thannatos said:
Martins has proved that pulling is better <1400RPMS, about even until 2000RPMS, then push is best.

If you want my (undocumented) experience: taking cool air from outside will keep the water cooler. Making the inside of the case high pressure (even with warm air) keeps components cooler than any low pressure.
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See this was my outlook on things... i thought by pushing the air through the RAD with outside air, in turn cooling the rest of the components that are not water cooled would be better then pulling WARM air out through the RAD keeping the air within the case generally pretty warm..

Another thing i could do is put the FANs on the bottom of the RAD in turn pulling the outside air through the RAD and releasing the air into the case...
 
If you can, put those fans in a pull configuration. If not, I wouldn't worry about it since you're looking at a 1*C difference. What video cards are you planning on using with your setup? If it is going to be the two 4850s in your sig, then you should be ok.
 
It looks like you have some unnecessary tubing runs there. Wouldn't it be cleaner and use less tubing to go Pump->Rad->CPU->GPU->GPU->Res->Pump.

The order of a loop really doesn't matter much in terms of performance. You generally just want to use as little tubing as possible to reduce restriction.
 
Erasmus354 said:
It looks like you have some unnecessary tubing runs there. Wouldn't it be cleaner and use less tubing to go Pump->Rad->CPU->GPU->GPU->Res->Pump.

The order of a loop really doesn't matter much in terms of performance. You generally just want to use as little tubing as possible to reduce restriction.
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Once again the tube that runs out of the second GPU does not go to the pump it just runs behind it in the drawing, it is going to go RES>PUMP>CPU>GPU>GPU>RAD>RES


Im going to be putting it in a Superflower http://www.thetechlounge.com/files/articles/133/images/IMG_0467.jpg

Here is a great overview of the entire case: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thetechlounge.com/files/articles/133/thumbnails/IMG_0467.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thetechlounge.com/review.php%3Fdirectory%3Dsuper_flower_sf-301t3-bk_case&usg=__yySHsZaguJg8QGCoUyfWHUay1h8=&h=82&w=110&sz=4&hl=en&start=96&um=1&tbnid=oCDuAg7m7ryveM:&tbnh=63&tbnw=85&prev=/images%3Fq%3DSuperflower%2BCase%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D84%26um%3D1

This is the only picture i can find of this case =X but that is the exact case, im going to remove the top window and place the RAD on top and mount it. and run the tubing down the right side to the res and along with the return.
 
Does anyone have any ideas on where to find a water block for a HD4850 for a great price? i need to get two of them :( and as of right now im only finding prices around the 90-144$ range.
 
I just noticed your list of components on the side. You listed: 1/2" tubing (3/8" ID) then list 3/8" OD compression fittings. That won't work. You will need 3/8" ID and 1/2" OD compression fittings.
 
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